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Former Minister S Niranjan Reddy accused the Congress government of failing to protect Telangana’s irrigation interests, alleging illegal diversion of river waters. BRS leaders also criticised governance and raised concerns over a proposed law on hate speech.

Union Ministry of Jal Shakti has constituted a committee to examine and resolve water sharing and management issues between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Headed by the Central Water Commission chairman, the panel will submit its report within three months

BRS leader Harish Rao launched a blistering attack on Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, accusing him of spreading misinformation and displaying alarming ignorance on Krishna river water allocations, warning that such misstatements could irreparably harm Telangana’s interests

BRS leader T. Harish Rao criticised Telangana Congress leaders for contradictory statements on Krishna River water allocations, accusing them of weakening the State’s case. He defended BRS’s past efforts and vowed to continue fighting for Telangana’s rightful share.

Early water releases in the Krishna basin have reignited long-standing tensions between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Faulty telemetry systems, stalled irrigation projects, and continued overdrawals by AP are fuelling allegations of unfair water sharing despite tribunal rulings and central interventions

The meeting resolved to hold detailed discussions with the committee members within a week to work out a strategy for resuming the pending works

BRS Working President KTR congratulated the people of Khammam and lauded Chandrashekhar Rao's vision for making the project a reality.

Srinivas Goud challenged the government to explain why it has failed to supply irrigation water to an additional acreage in 14 months. He reminded that the Kaleshwaram project which was portrayed as monumental corruption by the Congress, continues to serve 20 lakh acres

Harish Rao urged the Centre and the State government to take immediate action, cautioning that Telangana's future was in jeopardy. He emphasized, "The Congress government must come out of its deep slumber before Telangana faces a severe water crisis."

With less than 50 days remaining in the season, the cultivation of major crops like paddy, cotton, and pulses is in jeopardy.

Speaking to newsmen after inspecting arrangements for BRS public meeting at Nalgonda, Jagadish Reddy said the NSP row was a life and death issue to people of erstwhile Nalgonda district

Telangana has been demanding water sharing at 50:50 ratio by scrapping the ad hoc arrangement that allowed 66 per cent of assured water to Andhra as against 34 per cent to Telangana

The Chief Minister assured that the State government will take all measures to ensure that farmers do not face any troubles due to lack of Krishna River waters in future.

Suryapet: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Thursday slammed the Andhra Pradesh government for approaching the Centre and Supreme Court on the use of Krishna river water. Speaking to the media here, Jagadish Reddy said the attitude of the AP government was the reason for the ongoing water dispute. “Rejecting the cooperation offered by the […]

The Centre should hold a meeting of Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to resolve the issues, he suggested.

According to officials, the meeting was mainly convened to discuss water release order from Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar projects.

Hyderabad: Telangana BJP Chief and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday alleged that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has compromised the interests of the State by agreeing for a lesser share in Krishna river water than allocated. In a statement here, he said Chandrashekhar Rao agreed for a share of 299 tmc in Krishna […]